Rob Roy 23 | |
Image Boat: | File:Rob Roy 23 yawl sailboat Chasse Maree 4226.jpg |
Designer: | Edward S. Brewer |
Location: | United States |
Year: | 1980 |
Builder: | Marine Concepts |
Displacement: | 28000NaN0 |
Hull Type: | Monohull |
Construction: | Fiberglass |
Loa: | 22.67feet |
Lwl: | 21feet |
Beam: | 6.92feet |
Hull Draft: | 4.67feet |
Keel Type: | centerboard keel |
Ballast: | 9000NaN0 |
Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
Rigs: | Fractional rigged yawl |
Sailarea Total: | 255square feet |
Phrf: | 201 |
The Rob Roy 23 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Edward S. Brewer and first built in 1980. The design is out of production.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat was built by Marine Concepts in Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States. The design is a cabin version of the Sun Seeker 23 daysailer, which was also built by Marine Concepts.[1] [5] [6]
The Rob Roy 23 is a small recreational centerboard sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It is a fractional Gunter rigged yawl and has an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and an L-shaped centerboard keel. It displaces 28000NaN0 and carries 9000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 4.67feet with the centerboard down and 1.5feet with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.[1]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 3to well-mounted outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [4]
The design has sleeping accommodation for two or three people, depending on layout. It has two straight settee berths in the main cabin and the option of a third berth angled in the bow. The galley is located on both sides in the bow. The galley equipped with a two-burner stove to port and a sink to starboard. The head in the forward part of the bow. Cabin headroom is 480NaN0.[4]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 201 and a hull speed of 6.1kn.[2] [4]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "there's nothing like a yawl rig to give character to a small sailboat. Add a canoe stern, comfortable accommodations for two (or three if you opt for a single berth forwardsqueezed in next to the head), reasonably good construction and finishing, and you have the makings of a classic small yacht. Ted Brewer, whose life has been spent designing comfortable cruising boats, has succeeded here in his efforts to create just such a boat; and Marine Concepts, which left the business in 2006, did a good job of building her. Rob Roy had a relatively long production run, from 1983 to 2000, with a hiatus from 1994 to 1997. Best features: She's a salty-looking boat, with practical features such as a tabernacle for the main mast, an unstayed mizzen, an L-shaped centerboard that frees up cabin space by keeping the board trunk small and out of the way, and an in-cockpit engine well. And of course, as a yawl she has the advantage of easily shortening sail when it comes on to blow. Worst features: She is not very fast or weatherly versus her comp[etitor]s, partly a result of her divided rig and oddly shaped centerboard, though she does fine on a reach."[4]
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